SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVES

"The Politics Of Sex"

Gary W. Summers

The above title is from chapter eleven of Robert Bork's most recent
book, Slouching Toward Gomorrah (which we plan to review next week).
Although he does not refer specifically to Riane Eisler's book, he does
offer a few choice comments about the "goddess" ideology.

Before the
patriarchy took over about 3,000 years ago, Hite [feminist Shere Hite,
gws] contends in a burst of bogus history, mother-child societies
existed. (Feminists find it useful to fictionalize the past; for
example, that prehistoric Europe was a peaceful, egalitarian,
matriarchal society that worshipped the goddess, but patriarchy was
forced upon these societies by conquering horsemen from the east.) She
seems pleased that there are a large number of fatherless families today
because, contradicting all the social science evidence, she thinks males
raised without fathers will treat women better (205).

One wonders
how anyone could have such a distorted view of life, but most feminists
loathe men in particular and Christianity in general.

The hostility
towards the traditional family goes hand in hand with the feminists'
hostility toward traditional religion. They see religion as a male
invention designed to control women (206).

Many will recall hearing
about the United Nations' Fourth World Conference on Women held in
Beijing, China back in September of 1995 (196). Although much could be
cited from this conference that would be of interest (although
repugnant), the following relates to the preceding series of articles.
It was reported that:

. . .in Beijing feminists built a shrine to the
Goddesses out of red ribbons in the shape of a Christmas tree decorated
with paper dolls representing the goddesses. Women were invited to make
and add their own goddesses. The organization headed by Bella Abzug (a
former member of the United States House of Representatives) held daily
programs, each one dedicated to a different goddess--Songi, Athena, Tara,
Pasowee, Ishtar, Ixmucane, Aditi, ashe" (206).

In case it went
unobserved, Ishtar is not only the name of an incredibly bad movie
(which bombed at the box office a few years ago), it is also the goddess
of love and fertility in Assyrian and Babylonian Mythology, called by
the Phoenicians Astarte and the Hebrews Ashtoreth (who are mentioned in
the Bible) (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
693). Consider the significance of the actions of these feminists.
They hate Christianity so much they prefer pagan religions and idolatry
to it. Maybe the idea is not so farfetched after all; they already
believe in sacrificing their children--before they are born.

*Send comments or questions concerning this article to Gary Summers. Please refer to this article as: "THE POLITICS OF SEX (2/23/97)."